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And what about Amana, etc? Whirlpool's "portfolio" of brands is now pretty large. Sustaining them all in the public mind would take some serious cash. How long will I be able to buy a real Amana bottom-freezer fridge?

she was approached by the suspect Feb. 20 at her workplace w Probably the same kind a guys that used to offer me cheap speakers on the street. Come on, you know you're dealing with stolen goods...does it really surprise you that they're not being entirely honest?

What is valued in Japan (compared to the US, and speaking very generally) Smaller, more efficient, and more versatile (combination/multifuction devices) are popular in Japan, because of limited space and resources. Nostalgia is an expensive luxury; in Japan, doubly so. Still, good that the...

Hoover Commercial Guardsmanâ„¢ On the Hoover website. They're black now; I guess Sanitaire has a lock on red. http://hoover.com/db/xq/asp.hvrProductMain/CatID.9/SubID.19/ProdID.198/ModID.1742/qx/Guardsman.htm

Macs are easier to use... On a Mac: To save an image from a web browser, just drag it to the Desktop (or to whatever folder or disk you want to put it in.)

The only time I ever used an Oreck was to clean a room that I had been vacuuming with a $40 Hoover stick vac. (S-2203, now discontinued.) I wasn't impressed with the Oreck's cleaning ability...no better than that (surprisingly effective) stick. But at least the cord was long enough, and the bag...

~2003 Kenmore Elite 27 MOD: 110.63952101 No idea what the Sears stock number for that was, sorry.

Sanyo Transformax It's bagged, fairly powerful, and versatile. It doesn't have a power brush, but there is a model with a turbine-driven brush. I've only used the non-turbine version, which worked fairly well on commercial/office carpeting. I can't comment on the tubine version. Without...

Why they use Touch-Tone menus... Some people (I think they were at Verizon, or some other company that Verizon subsumed) once did a study in which they recorded every call answered by an automatic answering system, from the beginning when the machine picked up. They found it saved the human...

Dust also sneaked out of two of three samples of the $160 Hoover Duros S3590 canister after some flimsy plastic parts broke--a bag retainer on one sample and a bag lock on that same sample and one other. Tools also fell off during vacuuming." (So sayeth Consumer Reports.) All I know is, these...

Maytag may sell Hoover unit So, after having done their best to eliminate all of Hoover's assets (by closing lines, laying off employees, and "consolidating" the North Canton operations in Newton) and to destroy Hoover's brand name (by introducing a line of low-quality, low-cost vacuums and...

Concept Beautiful. The shot of the underside and brush roll...beautiful. I'd give anything to see <STRIKE>Hoover</STRIKE> Maytag put these back on the market.

What has happened to the industry. In a word? Dyson. This is Hoover's answer to the Dyson. Their own $500, funky-techno looking bagless upright. For everyone else, there are the Hoover and Sanitaire commercial uprights.

Some of those really are wacky. Reminds me of the "wisdom" my grandmother used to dole out. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a wart I need to get rid of, and that darned frog just hopped under the desk.

50 years ago, the Soviets were going to destroy America. 20 years ago it was the Japanese. Now China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Mexico. A race to the bottom is not sustainable. China is cheaper because of artificially low wages and disregard for environmental conditions. How long can you keep a...

A century ago, Westinghouse Electric was the blood enemy of General Electric. Both companies diversified into consumer goods, industrial products, and TV broadcasting (GE with NBC, Westinghouse with CBS.) However, GE kept all of its businesses as a conglomerate, while Westinghouse has sold them...

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